Draft-rigging for cars.



PATENTED JULY 23, 1907.

G. W. NYE. DRAFT RIGGING FOR GARS.

APPLICATION FILED PEB. 7, 1907.

draft rigging ier mrs, andils objei-t is to provide a 'Coupler bur und yoke by fn'rniingii'i the rein" eiiil ol' i'he Y and the heed lornied iii its reiir endI the longer (linnn-ler UNITED PAQENT OFFICE GEORGE wASniNGToN NYE, OF iiIA'ifiiEs't'RG, iiissIs'SIPPI, ASSIGNOR To VIRGiL E.

AOBGOOD AND JOHN N. BASKIN,

OF ini'ifiinsenief MississlPPi.

DR'AFT-RIGGIN G FOR CARS.

Patented Tilly 23, 1907.

To all whom 'it may concern:

Be it known thzil'I I, GEORGE WASHINGTON Nrn, ar citizen oi' the vUnited States, residing iii'V Hattiesburg, in the munty of Perry and Slate of Mississippi, have invented ii new and nseliil Driileligging [or Cure, of whieh the following is :i specification.

This invention hais reference to improvements in means whereby the ohjeiiione lo the Onne tinn usuvsilly employed between the coupler bnr und ille yoke carrying the buffer springs viii-e avoided.

It is the connnonpriietice to vonuevi. the wupler biir te the yoke bynienns of rivets or bolts, but 'it isi'ouiul that under the heavy usage io wliiih such siruiiiires are put these rivets or bolts are liable io shear ol'f und the couplers are thereby pulled ont from the yo'ld; and, falling upon the true-ks,beeonieii nieniue ln ihey traine. In Orderiil prevent pliiy Or looseness belween tlieeoiiplerbar und yoke it is also euritoniary lo use two or nieie spaced bulls or rivets te prevenl lisplii e; nient laterally whiih might occur il but one boli were used, ,mdf-n iiddiiion thereto, providing n stronger istru'cliiiii'i,v e

New, by niy iuveniiniil iivud ihe shearing nl'` ihe` v'etsend also prodi'ir'e ii rigid euiiiiection between ille Coupler :i slot extending luier-.illy through ille erliupler (if-lille Slot lyingii'l tlilI pliiliil Ol the lenglh loi ille iiiiipleriind yoliet Through lliii-` slotl pu v. iriwlliiinn the sinne, -lhe Snid'rivet being il vuin| ziriliijely lQnuill i iliiieknoss, sity iibont vthe lliiikiusnv oi" nu,v ,oulinu'i'yr lo lill :i slot un loupy ini' ii :ipiu'e xi'hii-lnwould iin-lullig bolli the spiued lrivetsA r'hireli'ii'ore uned. This olongulid t rivet sglieiiiled ut mieli end like iin oiilinny rivet und thereby constitutes :i lirninnyiildingnv iiiii'illoii lietiveen the i'olipleruiid yoke und one .\\'liih pre luis' siiih resisluui'e ln-slii-iriiigiu-lon'ihul no pull iowliirh the Coupler if# siibjeelediiii piuvlli'i' will |ii\' .\'ill|iiii iit tO'pull the i'olipler hail" :iwiiy lriiin llie yoke by vulling *A nr shearing OliI l-ht' rivielrt All this ywill 'be niiide le-,ir i'roni thil following lletziiled ilerliripliou lulu-ii ineen;

nucliuii with the iiiifoniiiiiiiyiug (liuwings I'oriningy purl ol' thisnpeeilii'iilinn, in whii'li.

.,liiiiru l is it perspei'live vii-w ol' :i i-oupli-r null yoke i-niini-,i'leil therein in iui'Oiil-.ini'il willi my inwirlion; liig. 2 in u. i'iiiss sei-tion Illroiigli iliii'oniu-i'iioii; :intl Fig. il iria i'rOSH Sii'liml through lhi ronniilion h\'|io\\'in f :mother forni lhvreol'.

Reli-wing lo lhi ilruu'inqs, lliure is `--hoivn :i i'iiilpli-ilhunk l.7 Whit-h muy be nl' Ih(A iisliiil ni uny uppl'Oi'i-il i'onsliili'liun, hiiving ille Oiilinury i'oiiplintr lli-:ul ul one end :ind lm'ini-il inln :ii-i'ossdiiiml il ol' T-raliupe :it

` ilse ul :illy speeiiillie:

the' tii'o side er S14-4 of a U-sheped yoke, ih e iront' ends ol* which reAv ifi-turned es Shown'iit 5,v to eng-nge the Crees-heed 3:.- tint` ihele 'rn-1S extend toward each other snilieienily io in'eei e' b heed 3. Exiending lait y through ihe cross-head 3 is ii slet, 6, elengaled in -ihe direi ion of the length of lhe coupler l to an extent about 'qiii'u'l to the space usu- :illy oieupied by iii'o spaced boils or rivets siieli :is are ordinarily used, Passing through this slof :ind through eoirespondng nuit-ching slots in the front ends Of the yoke arms 4-4 is a flut elongated rivet 7 fiti ing the slot l snugly. Th is rivet is headed uieiuh end and constiliile.-l llie connection heiween ihe ioiipler sind ihe yoke. Il will be seen ihfil any fori-e whieh would be 'sufficient lo sheiu' ofi :i boli or rivet' Ol ihe ordinary )i1 iiliirshape iii gross section. or ei'en iwo rivets or boli vplof-ed side by side und spliced-apart. would be insufficient teziffecl;A ihe elongiiieil rivet jusi desrrihed. ly heading this eloiigiiled rivet or key iii, euchtend` the yolfe and Couplei' :iro frinly sei-ined ingellier'ugainst unifessibilit'y l tlie'ror rear end. Embracing the erosshead 3 are l55 iioii-.diie io ii. .lieitvy Lpull exerted on the coupler or t0 ihe pluis becoming loosened or; lostxgewinight".Oeeiili when bolts in' plus ure-used es'xthe fastening means.

liuiieiid Ol' uising 'iin' elongated rivet of siillieient thickness lo oevupi"snuglylhe slot-formed through the coupler bur heiid und `yoke eidee Il'nuiy/use two lthin plates 8 e 8 of tough l#nel o1".-lii'ijhlhickne'ssihiil. inserted Bide by side in ihn sloi.- ihey vwill jiist'ii'll the suine. sind of u iiijh iviilili up; lo :lillfllie Slo( in the direction el' the leiiglli nl lheii'iii'pler.f These iwo plziles iii-e umile of siiillloiiglhus'loprojo@ beyond the lilles 4 O1' the yoke ihroiiirh ilulv slois l'ornieil ihiizein. und ihese projeeling endel il lire liirned over in opposiie ilireelions le engage -lhe'l'ui^i.-l iii' ihe volle ii-ilns -l vA|. 'llieee lu'O pluies forni iin'exiili'ilingly simple und.` zii yihe'einne linie. very elli' iien'i ini-ui ol' riwi or winner-ling ineens-lor lhe Coupler und yoke. iiueiluy-nuiy he heuileil over without ille iiliniir imola. -ln ihi.-` liisi-ileseribed loi'nilll' the inveiiion iluI i'i/nneilion is :is ellii-ieni :is

'2. und4 in luel. spi-vieilli' iougli .in-uilen ol' `neel. well ille will be about one ineii or' more lin thickness and bout three and three-quarters inches or more in width, and

the twin key will be made of piet-es half the thickness 'of the solid key. Y

I cininny v Y t 1. In u drntt rigging)r for cars, a coupler bur having on its rear end a slot extending laterally therethrough, elongnted in the plene'of the length of the coupler 'hun u yoke embracing s'aid rear end nndhaviug matching slots, and a twin key pnssingthrough the slots. elongated in the kk:Diane of the length of the coupler bar nudlmving its ends projecting beyond the sides of the yoke and turned over into engagement therewith on opposite sides of the slot.,

2. in n draft rigging for kcnrs, n eoupler bar linvlng a laterally extended head formed nt its. rear end, u yoke `e'mlirncing said hend and; having its front ends inturned around said head, und a key or rivet elongated in the direction 'or the plane of the leng'th of the coupler bnl' Vund sented in anelongated slot ln them head formed on the "rear end ot' the coupler bur and in matching slots formed :in the yoke Where it embraces the coupler bnr, the said 'ing two plates seated iny :i slot formed in the henri :it the key or rivet beiney upset or headed nt one!! 9nd il? the direction o! the pinne of the length 0I the Coupler bol' to comino the yoke to the coupler half. y

Ii. In n drnft rigging or cars. it coupler linx' provided with a hemd nt' its rear and, e yoke embracing said head and having its ends interne@ around sind bend,- ond, e key or rivet for confining the head nml yoke together omprigrelu* end of the coupler har and the yoke in Colltllet re- `Withnnd elongated in the plane of the length of the 

